The "Meridian South Bypass" is an idea whose background
lies
in two earlier proposals for a southern bypass of Meridian, MS. The first
was considered as a southern routing of I-59, instead of its current route through the city.
The second proposal briefly surfaced during planning for the southern part of the US 45
bypass. More recently, there have been ideas for a "south bypass" that
have been shown in the Meridian Star
newspaper. My fictional I-259 basically follows a bit of all, utilizing the
underused southern part of the US 45 bypass, plus I've added a connection back to I-20, since the
bulk of the "through" traffic through Meridian is following I-20.